Hi,
Could someone please confirm whether MP has the ability to set up equivalent companion file handing to XnView Classic and if so how to access it. In Classic, there's a simple .INI section which implements exactly what I need, for example to move XMP and Canon/Panasonic/Sony Raw files with the JPG, I just set:

I would like to second the wish of having the possibility to move/copy/rename/delete companion or better sidecar files with the corresponding image files. Is there a timeline when this will be implemented (http://www.xnview.com/mantisbt/view.php?id=288)?

Salut Pierre,
Merci for XnView & for this fix, excellent feature, glad to see it.
But - does not work for me with XnView MP 0.91.
Here my context & issue:
I have .CR2 as RAW, and I store as RAW+JPG, and I have some ON1 meta data files
When I uncheck "show companion files", [*.ON1] are correctly hidden, but [*.JPG] still show up.
In order to reduce the problem I've completely emptied the default extension list of and tried two set up:
First, "cr2" as "Master Extension", and "on1" as "Extension", "show companion files" unchecked: in this case, [*.ON1] are hidden.
Then, "cr2" as "Master Extension", and "jpg" as "Extension", "show companion files" unchecked: in this case, [*.JPG] are shown.
Merci!
DanieL

Hi Pierre,
Thanks for what you have done so far. However I'm sorry, but there are a lot of bugs in this implementation. It might have been easier for you to copy what you had working so well in XnView.

Here's what I have found so far:

Companion file handling does not work with drag/drop move or copy, only if you choose copy/cut and paste from the menu

The system doesn't really work with the default rules, and there's no easy way to delete them. I had to delete the whole "list" section from the INI file and then add in explicit rules for each RAW filetype

If you delete the raw file then the display doesn't update correctly - the raw file disappears, but the JPG and XMP re still visible until you refresh the file list

. It might have been easier for you to copy what you had working so well in XnView.

But it's the same...

Companion file handling does not work with drag/drop move or copy, only if you choose copy/cut and paste from the menu

Here it works, which rules do you have? Which extension do you drop/drop?

[*]The system doesn't really work with the default rules, and there's no easy way to delete them. I had to delete the whole "list" section from the INI file and then add in explicit rules for each RAW filetype

you have the context menu to remove a rule

[*]If you delete the raw file then the display doesn't update correctly - the raw file disappears, but the JPG and XMP re still visible until you refresh the file list[/list]